Biographical information

Biographical information

Educated at King Edward Technical College, Dunedin. During WWII he served with the artillery in the Pacific, 1942-43. In 1943-45 he trained as a pilot in the Air Force in New Zealand and Canada. After the war he was a farmer at Taradale, near Napier.

1942 onwards he had been in the grocery business at Ponsonby.

Warrant Officer Long was killed in an ambush at Samnangjin-ni.

Prime Minister Helen Clark and Defence Minister Mark Burton presented the New Zealand Operational Service Medal (NZOSM) to next of kin of New Zealanders who were killed or died in military operations since 1945 at a ceremony at Parliament 3 September 2003.

The New Zealand Operational Service Medal was received on his behalf by his cousin Mrs Lois Burleigh of Wellington. AWMM